Open, relocate or expand U.S. production, with an experienced team beside yours.
A Soft Landing for your U.S. site, from site selection to first shipment. For U.S. and international manufacturers relocating a line, adding a plant or building a distribution network. Your team stays in charge. We bring the know-how, the analysis and hands-on help to get it right.
Sound familiar?
- Costs, workforce, customers or tariffs are pushing you to relocate, add a site, or produce closer to your U.S. market.
- Every state promises the best incentives, and it's hard to tell what they're really worth.
- You need a workforce, permits, equipment and suppliers lined up on a tight timeline.
- You can't afford months of downtime while the move happens.
We work beside your team, not in place of it
Your people make the decisions and run the operation. We make sure they have the information, the process and the hands-on support to do it well.
- Site selectionWe help you set criteria, then shortlist and compare locations on cost, workforce, logistics, utilities and incentives.
- Incentives and grantsWe identify the programs you may qualify for, analyze what each is really worth to you, and help you apply.
- Operations setupWe help you put processes, systems, vendors and local leadership in place.
- WorkforceWe help you plan hiring and find recruiting and training partners.
- Relocation and ramp-upWe help you plan the move of a line or plant and keep it on track to full output.
- Supply chain and logisticsWe help you plan and set up warehousing, distribution and shipping, whether you run it in-house or with outside providers.
- Advanced manufacturing designFacility design and build-out with our partner DLVS.
The Soft Landing process
First conversation
Free. Your products, volumes, timeline and constraints.
Site selection
We help you run the selection process:
- Define your site requirements
- Screen states and communities
- Compare workforce, costs, logistics and utilities side by side
- Visit the shortlisted sites
- Analyze the real value of each incentive and help you apply
Plan the move
We help you plan the timeline, equipment, permits and vendors, and keep production running during the move.
Hire and ramp up
We help you plan hiring, find recruiting and training partners, and stay with you through first production and shipments.
From our manufacturing clients
Free guide
Opening, relocating or expanding U.S. manufacturing
A practical guide to defining site requirements, running a site selection process, understanding what incentives are really worth, and planning the move.
Questions from manufacturers
Will you run the project for us?
We work beside your team rather than in place of it. We bring the know-how, analysis and hands-on help; your team owns the decisions and the operation.
Can you help with incentives and grants?
Yes. We identify the programs you may qualify for, analyze the real value of each incentive or grant, and help you prepare and submit the applications.
How do you help choose a site?
We help you set the criteria, then shortlist and compare locations on cost, workforce, logistics, utilities and incentives, side by side, so your team can decide.
Do you help U.S. manufacturers relocate within the U.S.?
Yes. We work with U.S. companies relocating a line or plant, or adding a new site, as well as with international manufacturers entering the U.S.
Can you handle warehousing and distribution?
Yes. We help you plan and set up storage, repacking, assembly, quality control, freight consolidation, returns and shipments to factories and retail chains, whether you run them in-house or with outside providers. Where an outside provider fits, that can include SRI Partners, a logistics company we are part owners of.